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Table 5 Modified VAR estimates

From: The health consequences of civil wars: evidence from Afghanistan

Variables

\(PHE_{t - i}\)

\(PCW_{j - t}\)

\(PGDP_{m - t}\)

\(CHM_{n - t}\)

\(CDR_{v - t}\)

\(AGD_{u - t}\)

Coefficients

16.84b

10.16b

1.99b

-0.74b

-21.33

1.58a

t-statistics

4.31

6.01

4.86

-8.11

-1.60

2.71

p-values

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.425

0.023

Diagnostic checks

 Adjusted r-squared

0.92

     

 Residual heteroskedasticity

2.75

[0.355]

    

 F-statistics serial correlation

0.47

[0.991]

    

 Jarque–Bera normality of residuals

1.36

[0.625]

    
  1. Source: Authors’ computations
  2. PHE Per capita health expenditure, PCW Per capita cost of war, PGDP Per capita GDP, CHM Child mortality rate, CDR Crude death rate, AGD Age dependency ratio
  3. a,bindicate significance at 5% and 10% levels, respectively